Population in Mali compared to Nigeria: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Mali and Nigeria: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mali	Nigeria	Mali	Nigeria
1960	5,402,550	45,053,782	-	-
1961	5,482,283	45,989,310	1.48%	2.08%
1962	5,563,917	46,965,292	1.49%	2.12%
1963	5,646,605	47,973,575	1.49%	2.15%
1964	5,730,125	49,012,016	1.48%	2.16%
1965	5,815,487	50,086,764	1.49%	2.19%
1966	5,902,204	51,188,234	1.49%	2.2%
1967	5,990,906	52,293,065	1.5%	2.16%
1968	6,082,979	53,432,783	1.54%	2.18%
1969	6,177,704	54,631,914	1.56%	2.24%
1970	6,276,472	55,893,838	1.6%	2.31%
1971	6,377,944	57,214,684	1.62%	2.36%
1972	6,483,726	58,601,748	1.66%	2.42%
1973	6,597,106	60,082,139	1.75%	2.53%
1974	6,715,436	61,679,144	1.79%	2.66%
1975	6,837,261	63,410,815	1.81%	2.81%
1976	6,960,979	65,258,009	1.81%	2.91%
1977	7,090,979	67,234,590	1.87%	3.03%
1978	7,229,651	69,326,532	1.96%	3.11%
1979	7,375,266	71,498,242	2.01%	3.13%
1980	7,530,515	73,764,641	2.1%	3.17%
1981	7,692,766	76,068,103	2.15%	3.12%
1982	7,860,194	78,378,701	2.18%	3.04%
1983	8,034,400	80,438,260	2.22%	2.63%
1984	8,208,599	82,526,443	2.17%	2.6%
1985	8,374,663	84,897,973	2.02%	2.87%
1986	8,531,277	87,235,953	1.87%	2.75%
1987	8,681,164	89,591,716	1.76%	2.7%
1988	8,833,996	92,020,090	1.76%	2.71%
1989	8,999,938	94,531,014	1.88%	2.73%
1990	9,178,830	97,120,925	1.99%	2.74%
1991	9,362,888	99,720,162	2.01%	2.68%
1992	9,553,540	102,372,770	2.04%	2.66%
1993	9,754,786	105,122,069	2.11%	2.69%
1994	9,967,031	107,935,714	2.18%	2.68%
1995	10,185,365	110,819,428	2.19%	2.67%
1996	10,407,278	113,754,779	2.18%	2.65%
1997	10,646,495	116,754,792	2.3%	2.64%
1998	10,919,573	119,846,254	2.56%	2.65%
1999	11,227,415	123,047,320	2.82%	2.67%
2000	11,559,290	126,382,494	2.96%	2.71%
2001	11,912,158	129,862,595	3.05%	2.75%
2002	12,288,050	133,471,989	3.16%	2.78%
2003	12,684,955	137,202,644	3.23%	2.8%
2004	13,102,409	141,057,045	3.29%	2.81%
2005	13,538,647	145,017,253	3.33%	2.81%
2006	13,990,139	149,077,334	3.33%	2.8%
2007	14,457,775	153,267,261	3.34%	2.81%
2008	14,940,782	157,595,014	3.34%	2.82%
2009	15,435,539	162,049,464	3.31%	2.83%
2010	15,945,198	166,642,886	3.3%	2.83%
2011	16,469,049	171,379,598	3.29%	2.84%
2012	16,957,033	176,200,625	2.96%	2.81%
2013	17,459,615	181,049,443	2.96%	2.75%
2014	18,020,267	185,896,915	3.21%	2.68%
2015	18,593,022	190,671,878	3.18%	2.57%
2016	19,191,289	195,443,700	3.22%	2.5%
2017	19,813,011	200,254,579	3.24%	2.46%
2018	20,442,030	204,938,755	3.17%	2.34%
2019	21,068,405	209,485,641	3.06%	2.22%
2020	21,713,836	213,996,181	3.06%	2.15%
2021	22,388,630	218,529,286	3.11%	2.12%
2022	23,072,640	223,150,896	3.06%	2.11%
2023	23,769,127	227,882,945	3.02%	2.12%
2024	24,478,595	232,679,478	2.98%	2.1%
2025	25,198,817	237,527,783	2.94%	2.08%
2026	25,932,275	242,431,830	2.91%	2.06%
2027	26,679,171	247,374,258	2.88%	2.04%
2028	27,440,613	252,346,128	2.85%	2.01%
2029	28,215,513	257,352,638	2.82%	1.98%
2030	29,002,864	262,380,975	2.79%	1.95%
2031	29,804,545	267,421,079	2.76%	1.92%
2032	30,618,893	272,483,635	2.73%	1.89%
2033	31,442,801	277,555,116	2.69%	1.86%
2034	32,276,672	282,622,388	2.65%	1.83%
2035	33,118,344	287,685,757	2.61%	1.79%
2036	33,967,889	292,739,390	2.57%	1.76%
2037	34,823,450	297,773,236	2.52%	1.72%
2038	35,685,576	302,782,350	2.48%	1.68%
2039	36,549,487	307,764,754	2.42%	1.65%
2040	37,413,641	312,710,403	2.36%	1.61%
2041	38,280,868	317,607,237	2.32%	1.57%
2042	39,151,280	322,450,302	2.27%	1.52%
2043	40,026,317	327,243,941	2.24%	1.49%
2044	40,902,500	331,983,354	2.19%	1.45%
2045	41,778,984	336,662,502	2.14%	1.41%
2046	42,655,642	341,281,757	2.1%	1.37%
2047	43,530,852	345,844,004	2.05%	1.34%
2048	44,405,715	350,347,757	2.01%	1.3%
2049	45,279,772	354,792,418	1.97%	1.27%
2050	46,154,079	359,185,550	1.93%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mali increased by 5,054,375 people (a 37.3% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mali gained 7,194,966 (a 38.7% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Mali was ranked 66th most populous country in 2005 and is 58th in 2025. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2005 and ranked 6th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Mali's population will grow by 79% to 46,154,079 people with a rank change from 58th to 46th. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.